Free Web NovelChapter 926: Chapter 473: Qiu Chengwen Wants to Poach Fan Lei_1
"Me?"
"To represent you in presenting a report on a mathematical conjecture proof? What is the NP problem? Are you joking?"
"I don’t understand!"
"Let alone those complex mathematical proofs, I’ve even forgotten all the advanced mathematics we learned!"
"Are you sure you mean me?"
"Zhao Yi, Academician Zhao, God Zhao... This, I... I can’t handle it!"
Fan Lei always thought there wasn’t anything he could be intimidated by, but his understanding of mathematics was still at the high school level, and he barely passed undergraduate-level calculus with a score of sixty. How was he supposed to go to an international conference of mathematicians and present a report on the world’s mathematical conjectures?
He extended his index finger and pointed vigorously at his own face, looking earnestly at Zhao Yi, "Are-you-kidding-me?"
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Zhao Yi kicked him directly, "If I say you can do it, you can, so stop fussing about the useless stuff."
"This... "
"I’ve already thought it through. When the time comes, you just..." Zhao Yi began to explain in detail.
Fan Lei nodded incessantly while listening, but still asked with a pained face, "Are you sure this is going to work?"
"Don’t worry!"
Zhao Yi patted him on the shoulder forcefully, "No problem."
Fan Lei had just let out a sigh of relief when he heard the added remark, "Anyway, it won’t be me who will end up embarrassed."
...
After Zhao Yi had decided to have Fan Lei help with the math report, he sent an email to the International Maths Union. Shortly afterward, he received a phone call from the committee of the union.
He spoke to the caller about his arrangements, asking Fan Lei, the representative of the Fields Medal, to help present a report on the proof of the Millennium Problems, without specifying which conjecture.
This news delighted the person on the other end.
After repeatedly confirming the news with Zhao Yi, the International Maths Union immediately convened an emergency meeting and announced the news publicly. Everyone, including the organizers, was extremely surprised.
It was a pity that Zhao Yi wouldn’t attend the award ceremony, but having someone represent Zhao Yi to receive the award and present an academic report was a surprise in itself, especially since it concerned the Millennium Prize Problems?
Those were the seven great mathematical conjectures of the millennium!
Regardless of which conjecture’s proof it was, it would definitely be major news that would shake the world.
If someone else suggested presenting a proof of a world mathematical conjecture at the international congress of mathematicians, the International Maths Union would certainly not agree, as most proofs of the world’s mathematical conjectures turned out to be wrong. Important presentations at congress should be more rigorous.
But Zhao Yi was different.
He had already proven the Collatz Conjecture, the Goldbach Conjecture, and Fermat’s Last Theorem, making him the world-recognized top mathematician with absolute influence in the field of mathematics.
Even if he made a mistake in his report at the international congress of mathematicians, the International Maths Union wouldn’t experience any loss.
But what if he was right?
Since the commencement of the International Congress of Mathematicians, there had never been a presentation of important and recent findings. Most were work reports, and the results presented were those already published. Few mathematicians chose to reveal their latest proofs at the congress, mainly due to the immense pressure involved.
To exhibit a mathematical achievement before it was perfected, in front of so many top mathematicians, could expose it to a myriad of problems. Even if the findings were correct, small errors could occur during the presentation, which would be quite embarrassing.
In any case, Zhao Yi’s decision to present the proof of his latest work on a Millennium Problem at the International Congress of Mathematicians was utterly astonishing news.
This news was significant enough for the International Maths Union to make many concessions.
For example, the venue for the report.
The main conference hall’s presentations and speeches had long been scheduled, and now some adjustments had to be made. The morning of the day before the award announcement, the most crucial time slot, was allotted to Zhao Yi’s proxy for the presentation.
The ’less important’ report scheduled for that day was then pushed to after the award ceremony.
After the meeting of the International Maths Union, the decision was conveyed, and the one displaced from the presentation slot was Takagi Kenji, a prominent mathematician from Country R. Kenji was very dissatisfied with the change, and he demanded to know why his report had been rescheduled for after the award.
"It’s Zhao Yi who will be presenting!"
"An important mathematical achievement!"
The staff member notifying of the union’s decision didn’t go into detail when the name ’Zhao Yi’ was enough. Takagi Kenji, still feeling aggrieved, knew he couldn’t compete with Zhao Yi and could only silently ponder, "Zhao Yi?"
"What report is he going to give? It was decided so suddenly... Wait a minute! Didn’t I hear that Zhao Yi wasn’t attending the conference?"
Takagi Kenji was somewhat puzzled, but he knew there was nothing he could do about being scheduled later; the International Maths Union had absolute right over the arrangements of the central hall presentations.
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